Lion with a Snake is an 1832 sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye.[1] It measures 1.35 by 1.78 by 0.96 metres (4 ft 5 in × 5 ft 10 in × 3 ft 2 in).
History
The original plaster, created in 1832, was exhibited at Salon in Paris and is in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. It was cast in bronze using the lost-wax process in 1835 by Honoré Gonon}.
The original cast was acquired by Louis Philippe I. After being exhibited in the Tuileries Gardens from 1836 to 1911, it is now the Louvre. A stone version is located in the Tuileries.
Another bronze cast was made in 1891, and was the first bronze statue installed in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia the following year, where it is known as Lion Crushing a Serpent.[2]
References
- ^ "Site officiel du musée du Louvre". cartelfr.louvre.fr. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Lion Crushing a Serpent - Association for Public Art". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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